Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Restaurants Canada / Kelly Higginson, President and CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Restaurants Canada
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Kelly Higginson, President and CEO 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1996-03-22
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 954819-502

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 709

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 19

Version 17 of 58 (2008-01-29 to 2008-09-03)

Version 17 of 58 (2008-01-29 to 2008-09-03) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association
316 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON  M5S 1W5
Canada
Telephone number: 416-923-8416  Ext.: 4219
Fax number: 416-923-1450  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Douglas Needham, President  
 
Description of the organization's activities: A not-for-profit trade association representing the interests of the owners and operators of foodservice establishments in Canada.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Membership ranges from the largest national chain to the smallest independent restaurant. There are over 30,000 members across Canada.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Courtney Donovan
Position title: Vice President, Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Luc Erjavec
Position title: Vice President, Atlantic Canada
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Elaine Flis
Position title: Vice President, Ontario
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Harris
Position title: Sr. Executive Vice President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jill Holroyd
Position title: Vice President, Research and Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stephanie Jones
Position title: Vice President, Ontario
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jean Lefebvre
Position title: Vice President, Quebec
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Douglas Needham
Position title: President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ron Reaman
Position title: Vice President, Federal
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Joyce Reynolds
Position title: Executive Vice President, Government Affairs
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Mark von Schellwitz
Position title: Vice President, Western Canada
Public offices held: Yes
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Statistics Canada (StatCan), The Canadian Dairy Commission
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Supply management; international trade; flu pandemic planning; avian influenza; trans fat; nutritional labeling; federal budget; taxation policy: e.g. Goods and Service Tax (GST), federal/provincial harmonization, personal and corporate; immigration: e.g. temporary foreign worker program; employment insurance; environmental issues, e.g. anti-idling program; Canada Labour Code.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Supply management; international trade; avian influenza, trans fat; nutritional labeling, federal budget, taxation policy, immigration, employment insurance, environmental issues.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Agriculture trade policy with regard to trade liberalization opportunities
Policy or Program Avian influenza surveillance
Bill or Resolution Canada Labour Code Part III, Private Member's Bill C415 Replacement Workers
Policy or Program Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) regarding annual dairy pricing
Policy or Program Chicken and Turkey Tariff Rate Quota Advisory Committee (TQAC) regarding import quota
Policy or Program Coordination of government/industry flu pandemic planning
Policy or Program Goods and Services Tax, and Goods and Service Tax/Provincial Sales Tax harmonization
Policy or Program Immigration policy with respect to foreign worker programs and permits
Policy or Program Nutritional labeling
Policy or Program Policy with regard to employment insurance (EI) premium rate
Policy or Program Program on vehicle idling
Regulation Proposed amendments to the Dairy Products Regulation and the Food and Drug Regulation regarding the compositional standards of cheese
Policy or Program Sodium working group to examine possibility of a national sodium reduction strategy
Policy or Program Survey methodology with regard to the monthly and annual survey of foodservice and drinking places
Policy or Program Taxation policy with regard to corporate, small business and personal income taxes
Policy or Program Taxation policy with regard to disincentives to work, e.g. Working Income Tax Benefit
Policy or Program Trans fat monitoring and Trans Fat Task Force report recommendations




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